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Posted by taufiq
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4/07/2008
14:09:58
play online chess |  Subject: Quotes
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Maybe starting a topic where we all can type some chess-quotes from famous players ?
In particular, I'm searcing a quote about some guy who was talking about playing against God.. He would win with white, but draw with black, or something like that ? I thought it was Fischer who said something like that, but I can't find it anywhere..
“Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack”
(Wilhelm Steinitz)
“The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake”
(Savielly Tartakover)
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Posted by muppyman
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4/07/2008
15:09:35
play online chess | not Fischer,
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It was, I believe, one of the older masters, possibly Chigorin or someone like that, and I think he said words like "Not even God could give me the odds of pawn and move, and expect to beat me"
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Posted by chessnovice
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4/07/2008
16:39:36
play online chess | ...
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My favorite has always been Steinitz' line:
"The refutation of a gambit frequently lies in its acceptance."
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Posted by steverand67
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4/07/2008
19:15:23
play online chess | One of Fischer's quotes...
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"I like the moment when I break a man's ego."
-RJF
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Posted by ionadowman
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4/07/2008
21:14:38
play online chess | This is a little more modest...
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... but not much:
"When I have the White pieces, I win because I have the White pieces;
when I have the Black pieces, I win because I am Bogolyubov". (E. Bogolyubov).
"A gambit is an opening in which you sacrifice material for the sake of getting a lost game" (S. Tarrasch, I think).
"The mistakes are all there, just waiting to be made!" (S. Tartakower).
"I welcome the opportunity once more of becoming ex-World Champion" Mikhail Tal, upon winning the World Blitz Championship in the early 1980s.
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Posted by heinzkat
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4/08/2008
00:47:27
play online chess | taufiq
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Topalov said:
"If you don't make a mistake, no one can beat you, not even God. It would have to be a draw."
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Posted by chessnovice
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4/08/2008
01:51:50
play online chess | muppyman
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I think Steinitz was the one who offered God the pawn and move handicap. I'm not sure how the story goes, whether Steinitz offered or actually managed to play (through an invisible teleph |